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07-14-02, 12:00 AM | #1 | ||||||
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" The Last Hanging Tree"
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My grandfather told me a story
of a time back in history. He took me for a long country walk underneath the last hanging tree. He doesn't remember the date, but he sees it as clear as can be; he told me how they hung that man from a limb of the last hanging tree. The young man's name was Jimmy and he wasn't much older than me. But his life was taken by murderers that Sunday at the last hanging tree. They said he raped a white woman; Jimmy swore that could never be. But back in town, the word was spread: "There's a meeting at the last hanging tree." They hunted Jimmy with hungry dogs, dragged him back on his hands and knees. Then they tied a rope around his neck at the base of the last hanging tree. They hoisted Jimmy up from the ground until his bruised, tired legs swung free. And then they laughed as he dangled from that branch of the last hanging tree. I listened to my grandfather As he retold the story to me: "Chile, I done seen so many things, but none like the last hanging tree. Sometimes I still have nightmares about how they done Jimmy Lee. I still remember the look in his eyes as he hung from the last hanging tree. And if I could have one simple wish, I'll tell you what it would be: before I die, I'd like to cut down what's left of the last hanging tree. That stump is a sad reminder and it keeps on haunting me. But I want to forget what happened that day at the last hanging tree. I hate what that tree stands for; what it means to all those who see. And I can't leave this earth still hearing the screams of the last hanging tree. I don't want my great-great-grandson to end up like we found Jimmy Lee: dead at the end of a murderer's rope with his blood on the last hanging tree." So this Sunday, I'll take my grandfather on a walk with my son and me. together we'll tell his great-grandson the story of the last hanging tree. We'll talk to him about hatred, injustice and bigotry; then together, the three generations will uproot the last hanging tree. We'll do it to make peace for grandfather; we'll do it for young Jimmy Lee. But mostly we'll do it so no more blood will be spilled at the last hanging tree. |
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07-19-02, 09:20 AM | #2 | ||||||
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Dope ish,
Fuck da sleepers fo` reals, Im sorry! ^ Dis was mad tight ... good flow ... interesting but diff topic ... diggin it ... Would make a could track serious ... Pz ~1~ |
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